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Conflagration Key to Addressing Wildfire Risk: Report
A new report highlights the $1.4 trillion in exposure to 2.5 million U.S. properties due to wildfire risk and how the key to identifying such properties lies in determining how wildfire spreads. Ten ...
Driving Above the Speed Limit Costs You, Doesn’t Save Much Time
Speeding in your car to work, to pick up your children from school, or from one errand to the next not only wastes money on gas and sends harmful emissions into the air; it barely saves you time, new ...
Thoma Bravo to Take Accelerant Private in $4 Billion Deal
Accelerant said on Thursday that private equity firm Thoma Bravo will take the insurance marketplace platform private in an all-cash deal worth more than $4 billion, just over a year after its New ...
Homeowners Insurance Market Reaches ‘Fragmented Phase,’ Says S&P GMI
New research from S&P Global Market Intelligence looks to suggest that homeowners insurers are reaching rate adequacy, but certain marketplace factors are creating what it called a "fragmented ...
AI Data Center Boom Is ‘Maxing Out’ P/C Insurers, AIG CEO Says
American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Andersen said that while the artificial intelligence buildout presents a "great opportunity" for the insurance industry, it's also ...
After Drop Last Year, Car Insurance Rates Climb: Insurify
After a 6% drop in 2025, car insurance rates are projected to climb back in more than half the nation, with 27 states posting increases in the first half of 2026, according to Insurify's 2026 ...
U.S. Forecaster Predicts More Than 90% Risk of a Strong El Niño
El Niño is strengthening, with a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2026-27, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday. "During ...
Federal Report Says Firefighting Tactics Aided Blast at Maine Lumber Mill
Firefighters who responded to a fire at a Maine lumber mill used tactics that inadvertently contributed to a massive explosion that killed three people, according to a report from federal ...